Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove to the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery, upending their notions of African American history—and their own family trees.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Questlove to the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery, upending their notions of African American history—and their own family trees.

November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true even...

November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.

In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her...

November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.

In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her at the National Archives and began putting the pieces of her story together. Her name was Ann Williams. She and her husband were reunited and had four more children. Eventually she sued George Miller for her freedom and won. Anna is based on these remarkable sources.

written by Rutgers University. School of Arts and Sciences. Center for African Studies (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University. School of Arts and Sciences. Center for African Studies, 2018), Source: ruafrica.rutgers.edu

written by Rutgers University. School of Arts and Sciences. Center for African Studies (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University. School of Arts and Sciences. Center for African Studies, 2018), Source: ruafrica.rutgers.edu

written by University College London. Department of History. Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership (London, England: University College London. Department of History. Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, 2018), Source: www.ucl.ac.uk

written by University College London. Department of History. Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership (London, England: University College London. Department of History. Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, 2018), Source: www.ucl.ac.uk